Cleethorpes and Barton MP Martin Vickers says that there is an "exciting day ahead" as he and fellow Tory MPs triggered a motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister.

Theresa May will have a no confidence vote in Parliament from 6pm tonight, after the threshold was reached of no confidence letters submitted by Conservative MPs.

Mr Vickers handed in his letter in July after the Chequers agreement was revealed.

The Tory backbencher feels that there will be an "exciting day ahead now" as he hopes that enough MPs will back the motion and open up the possibility of a leadership battle within his party.

Martin Vickers said: "There is an exciting day ahead. The fact that I submitted my letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister in July, was because I felt that we would be making far too many concessions.

Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement in Downing Street after it was announced that she will face a vote of no confidence, to take place tonight. (Image: Getty Images)

"Now that the final deal has been revealed, I see that that is the case and the Prime Minister has led us down a cul-de-sac, particularly with regards to the Irish backstop, where we will only be able to leave with the EU's permission, and that is not what people voted for.

"Since the Prime Minister's deal has been revealed I and many other MPs have been swamped with letters from both remainers and Brexiteers, who feel that this deal is simply not good enough and it is not what people want."

The Cleethorpes MP believes that even if Theresa May survives the vote of no confidence, she still may not last in her role as Prime Minister.

Mr Vickers said: "It will all come down to the number of people who vote against the motion. If you remember Margret Thatcher survived a motion of no confidence only to be forced to resign just a few days later.

"We will all know what is going on by 10pm tonight.

"Personally there is absolutely no chance of me considering a run at the leadership. But there have been four cabinet ministers who have resigned in recent weeks, who have been strong supporters of Brexit and I would hope that one of them puts themselves forward as the sole leadership candidate."

Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers with Theresa May

The Prime Minister warned Brexit could be stopped if she loses a no confidence tonight.

May said ousting her, which will happen if more than half of Tory MPs vote for it, “would put our country’s future at risk and create uncertainty when we can least afford it”.

She said any new leader would have to extend the March 29 deadline for Britain’s exit from the European Union.

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“A new leader wouldn’t be in place by January 21 legal deadline, so a leadership election risks handing control of the Brexit negotiations to opposition MPs in Parliament,” May said.

“A new leader wouldn’t have time to re-negotiate a withdrawal agreement and get the legislation through Parliament by March 29, so one of their first acts would have to be extending or rescinding Article 50, delaying or even stopping Brexit when people want us to get on with it.”